Family Fun

WE LOVE OUR GRANDPA!!

A couple weeks ago Don was in Germany for business but the rest of us went to Dallas to celebrate my Dad's 60th birthday and play with cousins. We had a great time doing fun things like partying with Grandpa, swimming, crashing at Uncle Ben's swanky place, and going to Six Flags twice (making good use of our season passes!). The first day we went to Six Flags there weren't any lines...probably due to the fact it was the middle of the week and 100 degrees! We only stayed a couple of hours but rode plenty of rides during that time. The next evening we went to the park after dinner when it had cooled off a little and stayed until closing. So fun!

ABBY, ANNA, UNCLE BEN & TREVOR

ANNA AND JAKE, HAVING ONE OF THEIR CUTE CONVERSATIONS

GRANDPA AND HIS FAVORITE TREATS...IT'S GOOD TO BE 60! GRANDMOMMIE HOLDING THE SUPER FUNNY PLATES SHE GOT BY ACCIDENT. IT WAS SO FUNNY WHEN WE ALL REALIZED WHAT IT REALLY SAID ON IT!


UNCLE BOB REELING IN THE CATCH OF THE DAY - A JAKE FISH!

PLAYING A LITTLE BASKETBALL IN THE EVENINGS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD, WE LOVE YOU!
(Dad is sporting the great shirt from Beth!)

The "Lures" of Texas

You can catch many things here in Texas....

TYLER AND MICHAEL WITH A STING RAY THEY CAUGHT IN GALVESTON
MICHAEL AND THE BLUE CRAB HE CAUGHT ON HIS ROD

TYLER WRESTLING WITH HIS LITTLE SHARK

CAMI AND JAKE CAUGHT HOLDING HANDS ON THE CAROUSEL AT FIESTA TEXAS - HOW CUTE IS THAT?!!

Wild Rides and Donuts

It's been hard to blog this summer, we are so busy having fun! The first week of June our friends the Clarks came to Texas to visit. First, the kids and I drove up one Tuesday morning and meet them at Fiesta Texas in San Antonio. It was so fun. San Antonio schools weren't out yet so there were NO lines! We had a great time at the park. I forgot my camera though, so you just have to use your imagination of us screaming on all the rides :) I think Michael and Tyler went on the Polergist ride like 5 times. It was great to have Tana's sister with us to wrangle the 8 kids in different directions. I am sure people thought we were nuts, but it was fun!



We stayed at the park until it closed. That night the kids and I stayed that night at a hotel, always an adventure! We went swimming and then cruised the nearby streets of San Antonio, looking for food. Lucky us, there was a Krispy Kreme just a mile down the road! So of course we had to get a dozen then...the HOT sign was on! Then we went to dinner and headed back to hotel. The next morning on our way out of town, we had to drive through Krispy Kreme again, and get some more for the road (just 2 dozen...really, can you have too many HOT donuts? Nah, I don't think so!). It was, as Jake said,"da-lishous"!

It was a short trip but full of fun memories.